Your Phone Won't Be Enough to Power the First Real Pair of Android XR Glasses
We have the first few specs on Xreal's Project Aura, the first AR glasses built for Android XR.
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TL;DR: Xreal’s Project Aura is shaping up to be the first real pair of Android XR glasses—only you can’t just tether them to your phone. Instead, the lightweight frames pack an upgraded X1S chip for optics and sensors (think hand-tracking), while a separate pocket-sized “compute puck” (likely running a Snapdragon XR chip) handles all the heavy lifting. Phones today simply don’t have the juice for these 3D/AI demands.
On the optics front, Aura ditches bulky birdbath lenses for a sleeker flat-prism design that’s about 44 percent smaller but still offers up to a 70° field of view—way more immersive than the Xreal One Pro’s 57°. There’s no word on battery life, release date, or price, but expect a chunky wire, limited battery endurance, and a wallet-burning price tag closer to other XR headsets than Ray-Ban–style sunnies.
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